 | Peter Brett - English literature - 1748 - 260 pages
...and it cloathed me : My Judgment was as a Robe and a Diadem. 1 was Eyes to the Blind, and Feet wns I to the Lame. I was a Father to the Poor ; and the Caufe which 1 knew not, I fearched out. 1/ai. Iviii. 10, n. And if thou draw out thy Soul to the Hungry,... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - Christianity - 1818 - 934 pages
...blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. — I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out." Bristol bears witness to this, for the tears of the objects of his Christian benevolence, have, as... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...blessing of him that was ready to perish " came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to " sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet " was I to...poor, and " the cause which I knew not I searched out. Did " not I weep for him that was in trouble ? Was " not my soul grieved for the poor ? Let me be "... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame....poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Then I said, I shall die... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Ethics - 1805 - 540 pages
...44 for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed " me: my judgment was as a robe and a dia" dem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I " to the lame....and " the cause which I knew not, I searched out. I " brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked " the spoil out of his teeth. Then I said, I shall "... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...[was] I to the lame ; / directed the ignorant \ 6 and perplexed, and helped the -weak and the feeble. I [was] a father to the poor : and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out ; I was not only a patron, but a father to the poor, providing for him, as vtU as protecting him ;... | |
 | John Logan - Sermons, English - 1807 - 254 pages
...that " cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help " him. I was eyes to the blind, feet was [ to the ." lame : I was a father to the poor, and the...searched out. The stranger " did not lodge in the street; I opened rny doors to " the traveller. The loins of the naked blessed me, " and were warmed with the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame ; I »'as a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out. Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? Let me be weighed... | |
 | 1808 - 512 pages
...I caused the widow's heart to sing for jey-. B was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to theU*me. L was a father to> the- poor: and the cause which I knew not 1 searched- out. Benevolence is- to' be judged of by proportion, by income, by self-denial. Hence1... | |
 | Bible - 1809 - 556 pages
...well understand his own business, and assisted him who wanted means to carry on his cause. Ver. 1 6. I was a father to the poor ; and the cause which I knew not, I searched out.] For the poor 1 had such a paternal affection, that it made me his advocate as well as his judge ; and... | |
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 
